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Dozens of tuba and euphonium players gathered at Manhattan Town Center Saturday for TubaChristmas. The annual event has been held in some form nationwide since 1974. This year was the 35th annual event in Manhattan. Steve Maxwell, a tuba and euphonium instructor at Kansas State University, conducted the free concert featuring holiday tunes. Musicians ranged [...]

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The Junction City Animal Shelter announced that a feline that had been in their shelter tested positive for tularemia which is commonly known as rabbit fever. The shelter received the cat from the Junction City Police Department on Nov. 19 after they were dispatched to a call regarding the cat being injured. After testing done [...]

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A tentative agreement has been reached between Manhattan Area Technical College and the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 school district regarding dual (concurrent) credit course offerings at Manhattan High School, for the spring semester. The district will consider approving the temporary agreement at its Dec. 20 school board meeting. The two sides have been operating without a [...]

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A Pottawatomie County jury has convicted a 21-year-old Wamego man for contributing to the overdose death of another man. McKaine Farr was found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance, causing death. The 21-year-old supplied six Fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills to 21-year-old Jayson Ebert in early September 2021. Ebert was found dead two days later from [...]

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In Washington, the US Congress is still battling over the funding of the overall government for the 2024 fiscal year. In a divided government with Republicans controlling the US House and the Democrats controlling the US Senate both by a narrow margins, debates continue to be contentious over funding particularly for the US military. A recent [...]

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The Flint Hills Breadbasket is looking to expand their physical presence in Manhattan as food insecurity continues to rise locally. Executive Director Karla Hagemeister notes the need for a larger space is very real after the organization saw more than 3,000 new families helped in 2023, while recognizing the importance of being located near downtown [...]

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The T. Russell Reitz Animal Shelter will begin a new partnership with Prairie Paws, an animal shelter in Ottawa, at the end of this month.

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USD 383 has had a concurrent agreement in place with Manhattan Area Technical College for dual credit classes, but renegotiation of the agreement has proven difficult. At Wednesday’s school board meeting, the board was presented an agreement with Kansas State University to offer two courses previously offered through MATC. Superintendent Eric Reid says it’s the [...]

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A jury trial for a man accused of providing Fentanyl-laced pills that led to a Wamego man’s overdose death two years ago continues in Pottawatomie County District Court. Jurors heard additional testimony from the state’s witnesses Wednesday in the trial of McKaine Farr, who is charged with distribution of Fentanyl, resulting in death. An audio [...]

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